Crazy Anglos

With every new CD I find in my PO box, comes a spark of hope that I will feel excited after the 1st listen. That, rarely happens.
Today I found my fresh new copy of Atlanta's Crazy Anglos' "Get Up Or Get Out" EP. I also found that tiny spark of hope grow into
a fire as the opening track 'TRAIN' began to build into a , Rage Against the Machine, type of anthem with both MC Boze and vocalist John O'Leary
asking the question are you gonna be on that train? The train refers to a movement to make change, any change.
Yes, this band changed my mood and I wanted to hear the rest of the CD. It didn't let me down.
Track 2 is a more Hip-Hop flavoured song carried by MC Boze who also carries
melody well and is not a gimmick rapper for a heavy band. 'Never Say Die' subject matter: deep, song: catchy. Drummer Kevin Compton
carries the groove with the flair of rock drumming but stays true to it's roots as a hip-hop influenced tune while bassist Danny Helms lays down a groove that carries
the flow of each verse to a punchy upbeat chorus.
Track 3 stokes the fire a little more, 'Venomous' has machine gun style guitar riffs from Brandon Parker and it shows Mr. Parker's obvious punk influence.
You can actually feel the anger seething from your speakers on this song.
Next is 'Goodbye', by this time the CD is at full burn and the listener has got to be up and moving, now I get the CD title.
'Goodbye' drips more angst and passion over a backdrop of family struggles, an all to familiar subject to most listeners.
Lyrically the song articulates what several cannot say for themselves.
Great CD!!!
The final cut on the EP is a more earthy song, 'Mista, Mista' ... with a vocal delivery in the reggae vein, and a bouncy bass line, the
Crazy Anglos still manage to express their unhappiness with the way the system runs. If you are feeling let down by someone, anyone...
"Get Up or Get Out" will help you express these feelings while you listen to well crafted songs and in your face production that is not candy coated.
"Get up or Get Out? I'm up and my CD player is on fire!!!
Visit the CA's at www.myspace.com/crazyanglos


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Crazy Anglos
Get Up or Get Out
Review by Trevor Dye
May 2007

Aside from the unparalleled praise for Linkin Park, rap-rock fusion artists are mostly
absent from the mainstream music scene, making it that much more refreshing to
discover the artists, such as Crazy Anglos, that are quietly perpetuating the genre to new
heights. The latest release from the Atlanta based quintet, a five track EP entitled Get Up
or Get Out, serves as a swift shot to the face of those naysaying music aficionados that
argue “nu-metal” is dwindling to extinction. The Crazy Anglos possess a versatility that
could only come with blending several genres, as each distinct track on the album is
overflowing with intensity but still unique in the individual delivery. Brandon Parker’s
sharp electric riffs and Danny Helm’s smooth bass lines combined with the seemingly
calculated give and take between the vocal styling’s of rock inspired frontman John O'
Leary and hip-hop flavored MC Bryan Bozeman evokes thoughts of early Linkin Park or
pre-sell out Limp Bizkit. Then, add the edge of Cypress Hill and the angst of the Beastie
Boys and you have it.
In comparison to their earlier works, a collection of unreleased tracks on Atlantic
Records, Get Up or Get Out offers a much more developed and cohesive sound, with a
dramatic leap forward in production quality. In a not so distant future the new EP will
have been nothing more than a stepping-stone for an even brighter future, as the band
prepares to launch their full-length debut later in the year. But, for now, lets forget all of
the chronology and just call it a great record. - Review by Trevor Dye

International Songwriting Competition Announces Finalists
02/03/2007 10:12AM
Contributed by: WMC_News_Dept.

Nashville (Tennessee), USA - One of the most reputable music contests, the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced the list of finalists (see list below). The competition includes a world music category and other related categories such as Latin and Folk. Winners will be announced in March, 2007

In addition to (and completely separate from) the regular winners who will be selected by the ISC judging panel, ISC also offers The People's Voice where anyone can vote for their favorite song. Click here to listen to all the finalists' songs and cast your vote. The winner of the People's Voice is selected solely by public vote.
ISC gives away over $150,000 in cash and prizes to 56 winners. The Overall Grand Prize includes $25,000 (US) in cash - the largest cash Grand Prize of any songwriting competition in the world - and $20,000 in prizes. ISC is open to all levels of amateur and professional songwriters throughout the world.
ISC has the most prestigious panel of judges in any songwriting competition, offering a rare opportunity for songwriters and artists throughout the world to have their songs heard by judges which include the top executives of 14 record labels and legendary recording artists such as Tom Waits, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Robert Smith (the Cure), Jerry Lee Lewis, John Scofield, John Mayall, and Rosanne Cash, just to name a few. See below for a complete list of 2006 judges.
ISC 2006 FINALISTS

World Music
Agba Yei Selasee Atiase – Accra, Ghana
Boom Sheke Nana Sinem Varoglu (Sinem) – New York, NY, USA
Keep On (Game Of Life) Cezar R. Cunningham – Kingston 8, Jamaica
Malembo Donne Roberts – Toronto, ON, Canada
Mama Njacko Backo (Njacko Backo & Kalimba Kalimba) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Na Ndimaki te Alain Nkossi Konda – Immenstadt, Germany
Never Die Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu (Wanlov) – Pakyi #2, Ghana
New Asia Andrew Lum (Andrew Lum & New Asia) – Singapore, Singapore
Psalm 150 Jean Paul Samputu (Samputu & Ingeli) – Kigali, Rwanda
Such Is My Love Jahlee/Kochie Banton – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tribo Gandhista Bill Brendle/Katia Moraes (Sambaguru) – Reseda, CA, USA
Tricky Edina Szirtes/Kornel Varga (Fabula Rasa) – Kecskemet, Hungary
Why Do We? Chris Berry (Chris Berry & Panjea) – New York, NY, USA
Ya Karimo Djamel Laroussi (Djamel Laroussi Band) – Paris, France
Latin
Auxilio Melany Moloney – Los Altos, CA, USA
Como Pegada A Ti Paula Gonzalez/John Geithner Cuesta – Bogota, Colombia
Dime Que Se Termino Martha Gonzalez, German Ortiz – Los Angeles, CA and Miami, FL USA
El Aguacero Alejandro Gomez/Maia (Ardilalunch) – Bogota, Colombia
El Ciego Carlos Naranjo (Carlito's Orchestra) – St. Peters, NSW, Australia
El Tiempo Ana Cristina Alvarez – Miami, FL, USA
Ella Me Dice Aniel Mejia – Republic of Panama, Panama
Hoy Juan Manzur – Los Angeles, CA, USA
La Rumbera Layla Angulo/Walter A. Torres – Seattle, WA, USA
La Vida Vale La Pena Monica Giraldo – Bogota, Colombia
Maldita Locura Estanis Gomez Vinent – Mahon (Menorca) - Islas Baleares, Spain
Mentiras Eduardo Olivares (Lalo Olivares) – Mexico D.F., Mexico
P'a La Calle Gregory Colina (CoCo GreGre) – Willemstad, Antilles
Si Te Vas De Mi Priscila Moreno – Panama City, Panama
Blues
A Woman's Side Of The Bed Sam "Bluzman" Taylor, Jr. – Islandia, NY, USA
Can't Wait Around Anymore Brian Mitchell – New York, NY, USA
Don't Let It Get You Down Boney Fields – Vitry/Seine, France
Eat The Lunch You Brought Jeff Turmes – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fourteen Dollars In The Bank Paul deLay (Paul deLay Band) – Portland, OR, USA
How'd You Know I Missed You Rick Fines, Suzie Vinnick – Peterborough, ON, Canada
Love Blues Jimmie Wood/JJ Holiday (Imperial Crowns) – St Paul, MN, USA
Put A Sock In It Laurie "Waddy" Mitchell – Memphis, TN, USA
Silver Dollar Colin Germano (Bourbon Street) – Drummoyne, NSW, Australia
So Blue Without You Kevin Mark (Kevin Mark Blues Band) – Dorval, QC, Canada
This Is My Church Chris Fitz (Chris Fitz Band) – Lynn, MA, USA
Whole Lot To You Dragan Pecinar (Demode) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Children's Music
A Pirate's Life Marcy Marxer – Kensington, MD, USA
Bye Bye Bully Dr Mac – Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Caterpillar Caterpillar Kira Willey – Bethlehem, PA, USA
Don't Put Your Cat In The Washing Machine Bruce Fite – Nottingham, PA, USA
Ed The Emu Kirk Simpson – Jimboomba, QLD, Australia
I Wanna Play Bill Harley – Seekonk, MA, USA
I'm A Pirate Leslie Bixler – Malibu, CA, USA
It's a No-No To Kiss A Rhino Roger Day – Franklin, TN, USA
It's The Lampies Mike Connaris – London, England
No! No! No! Robbie Schaefer – Vienna, VA, USA
Pets Have Feelings Too Scott Wheatley/Julene Jones – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pig Latin Polka Cathy Fink – Kensington, MD, USA
Turn Around In Circles Heidi Hensley/Ken Hensley (Henslee & Henslee) – Athens, GA, USA
Where's My Nose? Susan Ring – Providence, RI, USA
AAA
Any Pre - http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20070203101228539/print

DAMAGEPLAN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ILL NINO Featured On 'The Shield' Soundtrack
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DAMAGEPLAN, ILL NINO and BRUJERIA are among the artists included on the upcoming "The Shield" soundtrack, due May 17 via Lakeshore Records. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. "Shield" - Theme
02. THEORY OF A DEADMAN - Hating Hollywood
03. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - Death March
04. ONYX - Bring Em Out Dead
05. MIKAL RAYMO - Lay Down
06. PEYOTE ASESINO - Perkins
07. SX-10 - Caught Up In The System
08. DELINQUENT HABITS - Freedom Band
09. DAMAGEPLAN -Pride
10. ILL NINO - Nothing's Clear
11. CRAZY ANGLOS - Rushin In
12. KINTO SOL - No Muerdas La Mano
13. TANTRIC - Breakdown
14. THE BLACK MARIA - Betrayal
15. CONEJO - Let's Ride
16. MASTER P - Ooohhwee
17. KELIS - Mafia
18. BRUJERIA - Cuiden A Los Ninos
19. ROC RAIDA f/ DJ PARADIME - The Shield - Blabber Mouth

http://www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/27/44501d07d1576?in_archive=1


Out & About
CRAZY ANGLOS

By SHANNA WARD
Published , April 27, 2006, 06:00:01 AM EDT
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Special - The Red & Black

The International music competition The John Lennon Songwriting Contest offers this Atlanta band the chance for fame and wealth.

“Our song ‘Fade’ was selected for the rock category for Section Two, and we are up for the grand prize,” said Crazy Anglos singer, Bryan Bozeman, in an e-mail interview.

The grand prize includes $20,000 and a chance to compete for the Maxwell Song of the Year. The band is up against Fergus Brown, a songwriter from Sydney, Australia.

The Crazy Anglos, which formed in 2000, includes four members: Bozeman, Adam Corn (bass), Brandon Parker (guitar) and Kevin Compton (drums).

Bozeman said the band’s audiences never stand still in front of them.

“Our music is contagious,” he said. “Once it starts, you’re going to want to jump around and bob your head.”

Bozeman said for him, playing shows is therapeutic.

“It lets me get things off my chest that I hope and think other people experience as well,” he said.

Besides being finalists in an international contest, Bozeman said the Crazy Anglos also are working on a new album.

“If the world wants all the songs to be hits, then that’s what we will deliver this time,” Bozeman said. “We will express ourselves through our music, and we hope our fans feel it like we do.”

Crazy Anglos usually plays in Atlanta, the band’s hometown. Bozeman said the band likes to play at the Hard Rock Cafe.

However, the band has a place in Athens as well.

“We have found a nice little home at the Last Call in Athens,” Bozeman said. “The crowd seems to really dig us.” - Red and Black

VUG Picks 20 Finalists for Scarface Music Talent Search
Press Release
Mar. 24th, 2006 8:53 am
Scarface: The World is Yours (Xbox)
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Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) has chosen the 20 finalists for the Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Soundtrack Talent Search, a successful promotion currently running on MySpace.com, the internet's leading social networking and lifestyle portal. The contest will reward the best unsigned music talent in North America with the opportunity to launch their career through the inclusion of their song in the highly anticipated Scarface video game, scheduled to launch this fall.

In addition, the winner will get the opportunity to perform in front of high profile music and video game industry leaders at a major concert event in Hollywood. MySpace users have until March 28th to log on to www.myspace.com/scarfacegame to listen to the top 20 songs and vote for their favorite artist.


During the first round of the contest, more than 46,000 MySpace users nominated over 7,000 artists, in less than a week. The top 200 nominated artists were then narrowed down to 20 finalists by a panel of music and video game industry judges. By voting for their favorite unsigned MySpace Music artist, the MySpace community will choose a winner to be featured in Scarface: The World Is Yours, alongside some of today¹s hottest music artists. In addition, the winner and two runners-up will be flown to Los Angeles, to open for a major label headline act at a concert event during this year's video game tradeshow, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

The 20 finalists and their tracks are:

1. 30ot6 ­ A.K.A.
2. 59¹s Finest ­ One Minutee
3. Celldweller ­ Switchback
4. CONEJO ­ REVNGE SERVED COLD
5. Crazy Anglos ­ Freakin Me Out
6. DISOWN ­ The Dust of Sin
7. D-Squad ­ Things Changed
8. FEDD HILL ­ Money Love Guns Life
9. Kazy ­ Choke
10. No Bare Feet ­ F*ck You Too
11. Phenetics ­ Burn
12. PK ­ Young Scarface
13. R-Mean ­ My World
14. S.N.Y.P ­ In God We Trust
15. Shaolin Temple of BooM ­ Inside
16. SLO-O ­ Soul on Ice
17. The Kellys - Blink
18. V Sinizter ­ Riot Anthem
19. WolfPac ­ Put Your Dukes Up
20. Wyno aka Skilmatik ­ Trust No On


Music acts, fans and MySpace users should visit the official MySpace.com contest page to vote at www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.

For more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, please visit the game¹s official Web site at www.scarfacegame.com.


http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10562/VUG-Picks-20-Finalists-for-Scarface-Music-Talent-Search/
- Vivendi Press Release 3/24/06

March 23, 2006

Vivendi Universal Games Recognizes 20 Finalists for the Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Music Talent Search

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) has chosen the 20 finalists for the "Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Soundtrack Talent Search," a successful promotion currently running on MySpace.com, the internet�s leading social networking and lifestyle portal. The contest will reward the best unsigned music talent in North America with the opportunity to launch their career through the inclusion of their song in the highly anticipated Scarface video game, scheduled to launch this fall. In addition, the winner will get the opportunity to perform in front of high profile music and video game industry leaders at a major concert event in Hollywood. MySpace users have until March 28th to log on to www.myspace.com/scarfacegame to listen to the top 20 songs and vote for their favorite artist.

During the first round of the contest, more than 46,000 MySpace users nominated over 7,000 artists, in less than a week. The top 200 nominated artists were then narrowed down to 20 finalists by a panel of music and video game industry judges. By voting for their favorite unsigned MySpace Music artist, the MySpace community will choose a winner to be featured in Scarface: The World Is Yours, alongside some of today�s hottest music artists. In addition, the winner and two runners-up will be flown to Los Angeles, to open for a major label headline act at a concert event during this year's video game tradeshow, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

The 20 finalists and their tracks are:
1. 30ot6 � A.K.A.
2. 59�s Finest � One Minute
3. Celldweller � Switchback
4. CONEJO � REVNGE SERVED COLD
5. Crazy Anglos � Freakin Me Out
6. DISOWN � The Dust of Sin
7. D-Squad � Things Changed
8. FEDD HILL � Money Love Guns Life
9. Kazy � Choke
10. No Bare Feet � F*ck You Too
11. Phenetics � Burn
12. PK � Young Scarface
13. R-Mean � My World
14. S.N.Y.P � In God We Trust
15. Shaolin Temple of BooM � Inside
16. SLO-O � Soul on Ice
17. The Kellys - Blink
18. V Sinizter � Riot Anthem
19. WolfPac � Put Your Dukes Up
20. Wyno aka Skilmatik � Trust No One

Music acts, fans and MySpace users should visit the official MySpace.com contest page to vote at www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.

For more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, please visit the game's official Web site at www.scarfacegame.com. - X Box

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Crazy Anglos mix up the rap-rock category
By: Lauren Brown Staff Writer">Lauren Brown Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/25/04 Section: Urbanite

If you ask any member of the band what drives them, the Crazy Anglos will probably tell you “the fans.” However, what drives their fans, is this bands incredible mix, of hip-hop meets power rock.

Their self-titled six-track release is a small sampling of the talent that lies within these Marietta boys. Their songs tend to begin with a rhythmic combination of funky baselines and clever guitar rifts. Then the voices of lead singer John O’Leary and MC Bryan Bozeman take each track from a rock tune to full-fledged rock out.

The band lists some of their many influences as Sum 41, Goody Mobb, Incubus, Outkast, Sublime and the Deftones. And it seems that they made an effort to mix all of their varied musical tastes to produce one incredibly unique album. Tracks such as “Freaking Me Out” and “Meant to Me” are reminiscent of groups like 311 and Korn.

The Anglos sound may make you think of other artists, but the groove they create when performing is truly their own.

Lyrically, the Anglos are…well…crazy. John takes on the emotional side, his voice providing the heart and soul of their tracks, while Bryan spits the verbal rapid fire with an energy that is difficult to find in any contemporary rock or hip-hop artist.

Arguably the best track on the album, “Become 1,” is the best example of the two vocalists combing their talents.

Their album is set off by some intense production, best heard on the second track, “Meant to Me.” The Anglos may not have made it to the music major leagues yet, but they are far from a garage band.

It is evident that this band is constantly working on their sound, because each track is technical perfection. “Become One,” the fourth track on the album, fuses deejay scratches with guitar harmonies most likely provided by guitarist Brandon Parker, and the result is a rock masterpiece.

Why you should cop this album: the Crazy Anglos are still a local band but not for long. They are hoping to start doing shows in other markets this year, starting with a show in Alabama in early March.

This is not your ordinary band; one minute your pulse is exploding to keep pace with the albums hard, driving rhythms, and another moment, and you’re being quietly lulled by Brandon’s smooth guitar to the mouth of one of Bryan’s explosive rhymes. The electricity this band creates with their music is not like any other musical act out there right now.

With such tremendous amount of creativity flowing through this band of brothers, it’s only a matter of time before the Anglos are a Billboard staple.

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